Only half my new electric hob is working

greyteam1959

Why has the OP changed the picture ??
And taped up part of the black wire on the new picture ??
The black wire STILL has damage where it enters the grey sheath.

Section62

greyteam1959 said:

Why has the OP changed the picture ??
And taped up part of the black wire on the new picture ??
The black wire STILL has damage where it enters the grey sheath.

The 'live' and neutral wires have also been moved to terminals in an arrangement which doesn't reflect any of the diagrams on the original image. And the copper bridge has been removed.

I'm now only going to say that the OP needs to get a professional to do this job for them. They risk electric shock or fire if they continue trying to fix it themselves, especially if (as it appears) they are trying random combinations until it works.

Ectophile

adougl16 said:

It was bought in the UK, so I am at a loss why it is a "pan European design"

Because it would cost more to build different ones depending on which country they were going to end up in.  Despite Brexit, we still follow most of the Eropean product standards, which means that an electrical item sold anywhere in Europe should work everywhere in Europe.

greyteam1959

Section62 said:

greyteam1959 said:

Why has the OP changed the picture ??
And taped up part of the black wire on the new picture ??
The black wire STILL has damage where it enters the grey sheath.

The 'live' and neutral wires have also been moved to terminals in an arrangement which doesn't reflect any of the diagrams on the original image. And the copper bridge has been removed.

I'm now only going to say that the OP needs to get a professional to do this job for them. They risk electric shock or fire if they continue trying to fix it themselves, especially if (as it appears) they are trying random combinations until it works.

Agreed the OP should stop fiddling about with this before there is a nasty accident.

grumbler

coffeehound said:

The cable clamp looks too weak to hold the heavy T+E cable too.  Could do with something else to stop it twisting each time the hob is moved

How often does one move a built-in hob? I haven't moved mine for 20 years since I installed it. That said, I think it's supposed to be connected with  a flexible rubber cable.

grumbler

greyteam1959 said:

Why has the OP changed the picture ??
And taped up part of the black wire on the new picture ??
The black wire STILL has damage where it enters the grey sheath.

Section62 said:

greyteam1959 said:

Why has the OP changed the picture ??
And taped up part of the black wire on the new picture ??
The black wire STILL has damage where it enters the grey sheath.

The 'live' and neutral wires have also been moved to terminals in an arrangement which doesn't reflect any of the diagrams on the original image. And the copper bridge has been removed.

I'm now only going to say that the OP needs to get a professional to do this job for them. They risk electric shock or fire if they continue trying to fix it themselves, especially if (as it appears) they are trying random combinations until it works.

The earth isn't connected now?! And the bridge has gone?!

WTH is going on?

FreeBear

grumbler said:

coffeehound said:

The cable clamp looks too weak to hold the heavy T+E cable too.  Could do with something else to stop it twisting each time the hob is moved

How often do one moves a built-in hob? I haven't moved mine for 20 years since I installed it. That said, I think it's supposed to be connected with  a flexible rubber cable.

A flexible heat resistant cable, not T+E.

Both my built in oven and hob came prewired with a length of cable ready to be connected to the outlet plate on the wall.

coffeehound

grumbler said:

coffeehound said:

The cable clamp looks too weak to hold the heavy T+E cable too.  Could do with something else to stop it twisting each time the hob is moved

How often do one moves a built-in hob? I haven't moved mine for 20 years since I installed it. That said, I think it's supposed to be connected with  a flexible rubber cable.

Well, whether moved or not, the flimsy clamp isn't up to wrangling the heavy cable

grumbler said:

The earth isn't connected now?! And the bridge has gone?!

WTH is going on?

The bridge is still there, but now bottom left.  No idea why the photo was changed

fenwick458

the flex clamp is 100% necessary, 6mm T&E only needs moved by a few cm left and right and it could loosen the connections.

grumbler said:

WTH is going on?

I think whats happening is the OP is just blindly trying every possible combination until it works. or they break something or get a shock which is more likely 

neilmcl

I can't be sure without seeing the original pics and wiring diagrams but stowed at the bottom left of the connector box in the new pic there are a number of metal/copper pieces. Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't these used to bridge the terminals when using a single phase supply, eg, you insert the live wire to live 1 and use the link to connect to live 2, the same for neutral and the earth just goes straight to the earth connector.